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Senior Director Power Architecture, Datacenter AI

Qualcomm·San Diego, California
Full-time

Salary

$250k–$376k/ annually

Posted 1 months ago

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About This Role

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

As a Data Center AI Pre and Post Silicon Power Lead, you will work to define and validate the power consumption targets of product under planning from IP, SoC, card to rack scale. You will help set up methodologies, develop validation and benchmarking plans, recommend tuning optimizations, and ensure that the silicon/system under development meets the highest power efficiency. You will also participate in architecture and product definition feedback for the next generation of AI accelerators by closing the loop with real silicon analysis.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 10+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 9+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Roles and Responsibilities

Characterize Data Center workloads on system to provide inputs into pre-Si modeling and projection

Define end-to-end power analysis plans for complex Datacenter AI systems

Debug issues found during pre-silicon, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs

Define an optimization strategy that delivers world class datacenter AI efficiency

Lead collaborative test approach with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are performant and power optimized on time

Work closely with supporting teams in design, architecture, emulation, firmware, design verification and software to ensure readiness for first silicon arrival, evaluation of AI and system performance upon silicon arrival, and evaluation of critical AI workloads

Develop deep knowledge of AI infrastructure architecture, SoC system architecture, system benchmarking techniques, and power reduction and optimization methods

Drive technical innovation to enhance capabilities in system power validation including tools and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor or Masters Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

12 to 15+ years of practical experience in pre and post silicon performance and power analysis of SoCs

Strong programming/scripting skills (C/C++, Python scripts)

Strong familiarity with Data Center workloads, including compute, memory, and IO bound workloads

Strong analytical skills for test plan creation and debug

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Must excel in a dynamic team working environment

Must be a self-starter and be able to independently drive tasks to completion

Proven understanding of AI SoC, memory hierarchy, system interconnects.

Experience with platform benchmarking and knowledge of performance/power workloads

Experience with power analysis methods and comprehensive understanding of power consumption

Power management methodologies and deep understanding of tuning and optimization

Computer hardware and architecture (experience with datacenter servers a plus)

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$249,900.00 - $375,800.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

Required Skills

ASIC designPower analysisPerformance analysisData center AISoC architectureC/C++PythonSystem benchmarkingPower optimizationPre-silicon modelingPost-silicon validationMemory hierarchySystem interconnectsFirmwareDesign verificationEmulation

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